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A WSJ article on Alfred Feld published 10 years ago: http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB105830595590859200,00.html

Q2: " We established a few new positions in our Funds during the quarter including Banco Santander Brasil and National Oilwell Varco" ---------------------------------------- "Were you to visit our offices, you would be reminded more of the reading room in a college library than some frenetic trading room at a major brokerage firm." Christopher H. Browne FundCommentaryQ22013.pdf

Reorg => One Microsoft: Company realigns to enable innovation at greater speed, efficiency Steve Ballmer's letter to employees: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jul13/07-11OneMicrosoft.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/16/business/paul-soros-shipping-innovator-dies-at-87.html http://archive.poly.edu/alumni/_docs/Giants-soros.pdf http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/17/nyregion/public-lives-an-overshadowed-altruist-sees-the-light.html ------------------------------------------- ''What is the biggest difference between these two brothers?'' she said, repeating a question. ''Not much.'' Then she amended: ''The biggest difference is that George's wife is 30 years younger than I am.''

JME is frustrated with the current price of gold: http://www.kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/Broadcast/Entries/2013/5/4_Jean-Marie_Eveillard_files/Jean%20Marie%20Eveillard%205%3A4%3A2013.mp3 ---------------------------------------------- "A child of Zeus, neither moth or rust devoureth it, but the mind of man is devoured by this supreme possession" Pindar

At the BRK annual meeting, WEB recommended Bernanke's 2012 lectures at GWU: Part 1: Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5q8bsncOgY Part 3: Part 4: